Steam tube and piping for textile machinery



o 1 I n Aug 927 '0. F. McENANr-:Y

STEAM TU-BE AND PIPING FOR TEXTILE MACHINERY vFiled Deo. 1l, 1526 Patented ug. 2, 1927.

OWEN E. MGENANEX, oF iinooxLYN, NEW Yonx.

y,STEAM TUBE AND EIPING EORTEXTVILE MACHINERY.

nppiicationined neceiber i1, i926. seriain. 154,250.

The object of my invention isto provide novel steam tubes and piping for textile machinery such 'as knitting machines; and particularlyto provide a novel construction ofsteam tube which will more eliiciently steam the thread whereby a ner fabric can be 'produced andthe rmachines can be run faster and more production obtained.

j Ieattain the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustratedk in the accompanying drawings, in which- F igui'e 1` is a perspectiveview offmy in-r vention applied to textile machinery; particularly spring needle machines;

Fig. a'detail longitudinal sectional view of my improved steam tube,` o

` Fig. 3 isa transverse sectionon line .S-3 of Fig. 2; yand 1 y Fig. 4 is lan end elevation of a modification ofthe ysteam tube having a plurality of thread channels l1. k i f Like numerals designate 'like parts in each of the several views. f f V Referring to the accompanying drawings I provide an approximately T-shapedstearn ytube comprisingavertical cylinder 2 anda horizontal cylinder' 9 of approximately the ysame diameter yas the cylinder 1. Cylinder 9 has an opening 8 communicating with thek chamber l of inner cylinder 2. Inner cylinder 2 has a plurality of apertures 5 communicating with the annular chamber 3. Outer vertical cylinder 1 has an opening7 into the threaded inlet nozzle 6 by which the steam tube is mounted on pipe 18. y

I provide a main pipe line 14 which has a pipe connection 15 with the branch pipe line 16 which in turn has the branch pipes 18 which communicate with and support the steam tubes hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

' Branch pipe lines 16 are provided with suitable manually controlled valves 17 as shown in Fig. 1.

Iprovide a suitable supporting bar 21 carrying the wire guide supports 22 which in f turn carry the thread guidesy 23 through which the thread or yarn 25 frombobbin 24 isdrawn yto guide it to the thread channel 11 in the end 10 of the horizontal cylinder 9 of the T-sli'aped steam rtube and thence through the corresponding thread guide 11 oft-he opposite end 10 as illustrated in Fig. 1. Afpipe 13 opens out of the closed bottom end'12 ot steam tubes l and 2 as shownin Fig. 2 and is supported fonand'communicates with the steam discharge pipe 20.1

j yrlh'edirection of the flow of steam 'is indicated by arrows infF ig. 2. The arrangement of the thread to travel horizontally through the steam tube results/in a: more eiiicient moistening of the thread with steam with a soy consequent improvement in the'quality" of the fabric produced. It also makes it possible to run the machines faster and thereyfore get more production per machine. Any f water condensedv in 'the cylinder 9 iows through opening 8 into the chamber 4 of the inner cylinder 2 and thence through pipe .13to the discharge pipe 20./ Theapparatus is especially intended for. use on textile ina- `chinery` used for knitting or weaving fiber silk. y

Referring to 4 vrof the drawings I may provide tubes having a plurality of thread guides 11 at opposite ends of rthe horizontalportion yor" cylinder of thctube to permit of simultaneously operating a plurality 'fof'threads through the tube. The tubes canl befused for one, two or three threads according to the number of porcelain thread guides 11 used;

Vhat c I claim is- 1. A` steam tube for use on` textile mai chinery of the class described, comprising a pairy of spaced vvertical tubes onearranged n within the other, aliorizontal tube having thread guides mounted in opposite ends thereof, and the inner vertical tube having plurality of apertures forthe liow of steam from the annular chamber surroundking said tube to the interior thereof, said inner tube being in communication at one end with the horizontal tube, and being in communication at the other end with a discharge-pipe, andmeans for the inflow of steam to the annular chamber between the respective spaced vertical tubes.

f 2. In apparatus for use on textile inachinery of the type described, a main pipe line, valve-controlled branch pipe lines in thereof to permit of the thread traveling horizontally through the horizontal portion of said steam tube, and means for the pas- .sage of steam into said tube.

3. In apparatus for use on textile machinery ofthe type described, a main pipe line, valve-controlled branch pipe lines in communication With the main pipe lines, branch conduits opening out of said branch pipe line, T-shaped steam tubes, nozzles on the upright portions of said T-shaped tubes in communication with theaoresaid branch conduits and permitting of inflow of steam into the T-shaped tubes, the Teshaped tubes having ahorizontal'cylindrical element having opposite thread channels in the ends thereof to permit of the thread traveling horizontally through the horizontal portion of said steam tube, means for the passage of steam into said tube, and meansffor the discharge of steam from the lower end of the vertical portion of said tube.

n `t. In textile machineryof the class described, Tf-'shaped steam tubes having thread guidesrin opposite ends of the horizontal cylindrical portionof said tube, and having spaced vertical cylinders, the inner cylinder being in communication with the horizon-v talcylindrical portion of the tube andthe outer cylinder being out of direct communication With the horizontal cylinder, and openings in the inner cylinder for the liow of steam from the outer to the inner vertical cylinder, means for the flow of steam into the outer cylinder, and means for the dischargeof the condensed vapor from the lower end of the inner cylinder.

5. Iny textile machinery of the class described, the combination of T-shaped tubes having a horizontal cylindrical section, said section having aplurality of thread guides at opposite ends thereof, a vertical cylindrical section, an inner cylinder having aper tures for the passage of steam from the outerv to the inner chamber, said inner chamber being in communication at one end with the horizontal cylinder through which the threadstravel, and a discharge pipe at the other end of the vertical inner cylinder with which it communicates for the discharge of condensed vapor, and meansr for the iniiotv of steam to the outer vertical cylinder.

v 6. In combination Withthe apparatus described in claim 5, a main steam pipe line, branch steam pipelines in communication with the main steam pipe line, valves i'or controlling the How of steam to said branch pipe lines, branch conduits opening out ot' the branch pipe lines and communicating with the vertical cylinders ot'V the T-shaped steam tubes, and a discharge Steam pipe communicating With the discharge pipes. OVEN FKMCENANEY. 

